Irish alpine skier Florence Bell suffered a disappointing Winter Olympics debut in Sochi, failing to complete her first run of the women’s giant slalom event.

Canada’s hockey women delivered the first half of what the host nation hopes will be a gold medal double when they beat the USA 2-0 at Canada Hockey Place on day 14 of the Vancouver Games.

Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg was stunned by her surprise gold in the women’s giant slalom gold medal at a foggy Whistler Creekside.